Yerma
Yerma is a tragedy by Federico García Lorca, written in 1934 and first staged at the Teatro Español in Madrid on 29 December 1934 with Margarita Xirgu in the cast. It follows a childless woman in rural Spain whose longing for a child becomes an obsession.
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- Yerma film, 1999
- Yerma musical
Setting and characters
- Characters
- Yerma, Juan, Victor, Maria, Dolores, Sister-in-law I, Sister-in-law II, Pagan Old Woman
- Genre
- tragedy
In print
- Editions recorded
- 30 on Open Library, 3 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 20 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
More by Federico García Lorca
- Mariana Pineda1927 · 1 edition
- Romancero Gitano (1924-1927)1928 · 1 edition
- Bodas de Sangre1935 · 1 edition
- Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter and Other Poems1937 · 1 edition
- La Casa de Bernarda Alba1946 · 1 edition
- Poet in New York1955 · 2 editions
- The Selected Poems of Federico García Lorca1955 · 2 editions
- Blood Wedding1989 · 1 edition
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How many editions of Yerma are there?
We track 1 edition of Yerma. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has Yerma been adapted?
Yes, including Yerma (musical), Yerma (film, 1999), according to Wikidata.
When was Yerma first published?
Yerma by Federico García Lorca was first published in 1934.
Where these facts come from
- Yerma, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Yerma, Wikipedia (Spanish) (es.wikipedia.org)
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